[LARTC] shaping by packet count rather than bytes ?

[David Boreham]

Peter V. Saveliev wrote:
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> Simple packet drop works for ordinary tcp congestion algorithms as a channel 
> overload, and tcp decreases speed. So works RED policing filters and so on.
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Well...red isn't exactly 'simple' packet drop :)
In fact, if I could combine packet-rate-limit with red or sfq I'd be 
very happy.
> Beside of this, iptables can _accept_ a packet :) You can try to mark and 
> queue the excess packets.
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Hmm...need more coffee...